REGINALD STEPHENS
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PROFILE
IT Management Professional
** ***** ** ********** ** Technical Infrastructure Support and Distributed Systems Operations
Business-focused and detail-oriented IT management professional with technical competence, analytical expertise, and supervisory skill acquired by serving in leadership roles with Time Warner Cable, IBM Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, and the United States Postal Service. This includes being selected repeatedly to support major, multi-million dollar domestic and international accounts as well as providing input as a subject matter expert on a number of transition and operations teams.
A successful background spanning enterprise system management and service delivery areas underscores a demonstrated ability to implement a solutions-driven approach to meet company IT objectives.
SKILL SET
• Problem Management • Change Management • Response Coordination • Team Building • Server Administration • Server Monitoring & Fault Management • Network Monitoring & Fault Management • EDI Data Management • Procedure Documentation •
SECURITY CLEARANCES
U.S. Confidential/Public Trust Security Clearance • U.S. Postal Service Sensitive Security Clearance
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science August 2005
Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs, NC
ITIL v3 Foundations Certification December 2014
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Data Transfer Operations Administrator / Analyst II March 2013 – September 2016
Northrop Grumman Corporation / United States Postal Service
Raleigh, NC
Manage EDI and B2B data flows between USPS and its national and international trading partners over FTP, SFTP, AS2, and Connect Direct protocols. Perform EDI mapping and code promotion/migration, folder moves, and archiving. Serve as first point of contact for USPS trading partners with data transfer issues. Provide administration support for production Solaris and SUSE Linux systems. Coordinate with USPS COMS, Engineering, EDI Mapping, and ETL Development teams to assure consistent, reliable service, and prompt attention to incidents and changes both internally and for Postal trading partners. Create and maintain procedural documentation for the Data Transfer Services Operations team. Monitor, schedule, and troubleshoot workflows in Informatica PowerCenter. Track incidents and changes in Remedy and ServiceNow. Provide information systems and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.
Global Support Specialist May 2012 – October 2012
TEK Systems / Credit Suisse Group AG
Research Triangle Park, NC
Accept and log calls by phone. Authenticate callers (where it was not possible to pre-authenticated). Update existing incidents and service call records active in the incident management system. Categorize and prioritize incidents and service requests. Provide internal and external communication of incident status, engaging next level support when required. Coordinate incident resolution and service request completion with various workgroups. Software, Hardware, Connectivity fault diagnosis, analysis, and First Touch Resolution. Telephone & Remote Desktop takeover. Software Break fix. Hardware Break fix diagnosis for desktop, laptop, and mobile devices. Remote/mobile connectivity issues (Broadband, 3G/GPRS, RAS, SecureID, VPN, BES). Troubleshoot Active Directory Services related issues.
Lead Analyst, IT Service Desk June 2011 – April 2012
HCL America / Dana Incorporated
Cary, NC
Supervise a team of eight Service Desk Analysts. Develop Service Desk processes and associated documentation. Fully train new Analysts in IT Service Desk processes and procedures. Provide direction and assistance to team members and technical support personnel. Maintain Turnover reports to ensure the proper transfer of information between the U.S. and India Service Desk. Serve as an internal escalation point for Analysts and End Users. Conduct pre-employment interviews of applicants. Advise and provide hiring recommendations for candidates to Service Desk Manager. Attend to the professional development of Service Desk staff. Delegate tasks to Analysts according to business needs. Ensure adherence to Service Level Agreements. Generate reports for departmental metrics using Business Objects and Microsoft Excel. Manage workforce coverage and scheduling demands. Communicate feedback to management to promote Service Desk productivity and improve service quality.
Team Lead, Server Operations March 2009 – February 2011
Artech Information Systems / IBM Integrated Technology Delivery
Research Triangle Park, NC
Supervise a team of nine Computer Operators. Fully train new Operators in Distributed Systems Operations processes and procedures. Provide direction and assistance to team members and technical support personnel. Create user IDs, request system access, and resolve password issues for all Operators using z/VM, MVS, and web-based tools. Ensure adherence to Service Level Agreements. Ensure the completion of all scheduled tasks and the proper and complete turnover of ongoing issues to the next shift. Manage workforce coverage and scheduling demands. Communicated feedback to business analysts to streamline account documents and improve service quality.
Computer Operator January 2008 – March 2009
Insight Global, LLC / IBM Integrated Technology Delivery
Research Triangle Park, NC
Monitor production servers, devices, batch processes, AIX and SAP systems for IBM internal accounts as well as several large corporate clients including Equifax, Sprint, Pratt & Whitney, and Sony Pictures. Provide level 2 technical support in multi-procedure enterprise environments utilizing UNIX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows running on hardware, and virtual/cloud systems. Manage incident and change records using a number of issue tracking tools, including – ManageNow, HP OpenView, Impact, and Remedy. Interface with customers and internal support teams to identify, evaluate, and assist in the resolution of hardware and software issues critical to clients’ internal and customer-facing systems.
Network Operations Specialist April 2006 – November 2007
Time Warner Cable
Morrisville, NC
Served as a leading member of a team managing a hybrid fiber/coaxial cable network comprised of over 500,000 subscribers. Researched, communicated, and tracked service disruptions with internal departments, management, as well as the Regional Network Operations Center. Coordinated the dispatch of Maintenance Engineers to resolve cable network outages. Routed same-day service calls to field technicians. Coordinated data with various departments and levels of management. Used iGLASS, DOCSIS tools, and Network Service Manager to monitor service quality and data carrier signal strength. Performed VoIP provisioning in Time Warner’s Digital Phone Order Management system. Performed cable order entry, account balancing, and IP addressable equipment assignment in the ICOMS billing system.